Carriage-bow



(No Model.)

I. N. TOPLIPF.

CARRIAGE BOW.

No; 446,938. Patented Feb. 24,1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC N. TOPLIFF, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

CARRIAGE-BOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 446,938, dated February24, 1891. Application filed October 13,1889. Serial No. 327,447. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC N. TOPLIFF, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the countyof Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriage-Bows, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention has for its object to simplify the constructlon ofcarriage-bow slat-irons so as to form a strong and substantial supportfor the bows.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation showing the lower portionsof a set of carriage-bows connected to the socket. Fig. 2 is a centralvertical section taken through the main bow and slat-iron, and Fig. 3 isa perspective view of the slat-iron showing the socket therein.

A is the main bow of a carriage, and A A the bows located at each sideof the same. The shank CL of the main bow is threaded externally, asshown in Fig. 2, for the purpose hereinafter explained.

Bis the slat-iron, which is formed with an eye at its lower end, asusual. The upper end of said slat-iron is provided with aninternally-screw-threaded socket Z), into which the threaded shank a ofthe main bow Ais screwed. The slat-iron is provided with lateral armsI),

which are preferably formed integral with it. The slat-iron andextensions have a plain surfaceat one side, and to the said side thebows A A are pivoted.

As constructed, the slat-iron forms a very strong and rigid support forthe main bow, while it permits the said bow to be so constructed thatthe leather covering may be sewed and drawn on before the bow is securedin its socket, thus dispensing with hand labor, which has been necessaryin covering the bows as heretofore constructed and attached.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is The combination, withthe slat-iron of a carriage having a central screwthreaded socket andlateral extensions, the faces of the extensions and the central portionof the socket at one side being in a common plane, of the main bowscrew-threaded at its end and secured in said socket, and the side bowspivoted to the faces of the extension at the side in the same plane withthe side of the socket, substantially as described.

ISAAC N. TOPLlFF.

Witnesses:

J. WVM. CHESNUT, J 0s. A. OSBORNE.

